5* GEORGE BRETT (Franchise player #0083 - 1973-12)
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Hall-of-Famer |
Position: 3B-1B |
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George Howard Brett ("Mullet", "Mullethead") Bats: Left, Throws: Right Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb. Born: May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, WV |
Acquired: June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd Round of the 1971 Amateur Draft | |
| MLB Debut: August 2,
1973 Final MLB Game: October 3, 1993 |
Royals Debut: August
2, 1973 Final Royals Game: October 3, 1993 |
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| Awards & Achievements |
| All-Star: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
| 1974 Baseball Digest All-Rookie Team |
| 1976 Baseball Bulletin AL Player of the Year |
| 1980 AL MVP |
| 1980 Hutch Award |
| Major League Baseball Player of the Year: 1979 (Baseball Digest, Baseball Bulletin), 1980 (The Sporting News, AP, Sport, Baseball Magazine, Baseball Digest) |
| 1985 ALCS MVP |
| 1986 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award |
| AL Player of the Month: July 1980, June 1982, April 1983, May 1985, July 1985, July 1990 |
| AL Player of the Week: May 10/1976, May 28/1979, June 8/1980, July 20/1980, August 17/1980, April 24/1983, July 1-7/1985, August 11-17/1986, July 18-24/1988, July 16-22/1990, September 28-October 4/1992, September 20-26/1993 |
| Royals 25th Anniversary Team (selected in 1993) |
| 1993 Kansas City Mister Baseball Award |
| Joe Cronin Award: 1980 & 1992 |
| AL Batting Champion: 1976, 1980, 1990 |
| AL Hits Leader: 1975, 1976, 1979 |
| AL Doubles Leader: 1978, 1990 |
| AL Triples Leader: 1975, 1976, 1979 |
| AL Slugging % Leader: 1980, 1983, 1985 |
| Silver Slugger: 1980, 1985, 1988 |
| All-Major League Team: 1975 (UPI), 1976 (AP), 1980 (TSN) |
| All-AL Team: 1976 (TSN, UPI, Baseball Bulletin), 1977 (Baseball Bulletin, AP), 1979 (TSN, AP, UPI), 1980 (TSN, UPI, Baseball Bulletin, Baseball Magazine), 1988 (TSN) |
| Rawlings Gold Glove: 1985 |
| Royals Player of the Month: September 1974, June 1975, September 1975, June 1976, July 1976, September 1976, August 1977, June 1978, May 1979, June 1979, July 1979, July 1980, August 1980, June 1982, April 1983, July 1983, May 1985, July 1985, August 1985, August 1986, April 1988, July 1988, September 1989, July 1990, August 1990, September 1990, August 1992, September 1992, September 1993 |
| Royals Player of the Year: 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992 |
| Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 |
| Statistics with the Royals (led team in bold) (led league in red) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For complete stats, go to Baseball-Reference.com's George Brett page
* wore #25 in 1973 & 1974 (Tom Poquette wore #5 in 1973, Richie Scheinblum wore #5 in 1974)